An 1860s Town House for the Age of Innocence Director

The research done by Scorsese’s staff for The Age of Innocence (1993) gave the director “a greater feeling for Victorian pieces and antiques,” notes interior designer Karen Houghton. She divided the second-floor living room into two spaces. Above the circa 1850 English desk are 19th-century Japanese wood-block prints from Akira Kurosawa.